KR20160066704A - Method and electronic apparatus for displaying execution screens of application - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a method for displaying an execution screen of an application, which may provide new user experience, and an electronic apparatus performing the same. The apparatus may comprise: a display displaying the execution screen of the application; an input module acquiring user input configured to perform touch-down/touch-hold/touch-move/touch-release operations of the object of the application; and a processor determining a type of the application execution screen, based on a touch-released position and controlling a display to display the determined type of the application execution screen. According to the present invention, the method is able to rotate the screen of the application in a user-desired manner in a multitasking environment for user convenience.

Description

METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING EXECUTION SCREENS OF APPLICATION [0002]

The present invention relates to an application execution screen display method capable of providing a new user experience and an electronic apparatus for performing the same.

2. Description of the Related Art Following the popularization of personal computers, portable electronic devices equipped with displays such as smartphones and wearable devices have been widely used.

The display of the portable electronic device may be implemented with a so-called touch screen by additionally providing a pressure sensitive or electrostatic touch sensor. The display can be implemented as a touch screen, thereby serving as an input means capable of accepting an operation from a user in addition to a role as a visual display means.

As the size of displays mounted on portable electronic devices (such as smartphones) has been reduced from 3 inches to 5 inches or more, and multi-tasking has become commonplace in portable electronic devices, a new user experience with multitasking The demand for the above is increasing.

In a multitasking environment, another application can be executed in the background while an application is running. Push notification may occur in the other application running in the background. When the operation of the user who selects the push notification is inputted, the application that is being executed is stopped, and the other application that has been executed in the background can be executed.

That is, the switching between the applications can be made by the operation of the user who selects the push notification. When the application is switched, the screen of the application that is being executed may disappear from the display. Accordingly, when the user needs to simultaneously consider the screens of the two applications, it is necessary to switch the applications alternately, which may inconvenience the user. Furthermore, when the screen of the application is changed as a whole, it takes a long time to load the screen of the application, thereby increasing the inconvenience of the user.

Various embodiments of the present invention are conceived in view of the above circumstances and provide a method of determining a type of an execution screen of an application on the basis of a user input to the application and displaying an execution screen according to the determined type, An electronic device can be provided.

A method of displaying an execution screen of an application and an electronic device having a display performing the method are disclosed. A method of displaying an execution screen of an application includes: acquiring a user input (including a touchdown, a touch move (or a touch hold), and a touch release) to an object of an application; An operation of determining the type of the execution screen of the application, and an operation of displaying an execution screen according to the determined type on the display.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, in a multitasking environment, it is possible to conveniently switch the screen of an application to match the intention of the user. Further, when switching the execution screen of the application, the type of the execution screen can be easily determined according to the user input.

1 shows a configuration of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 shows a method of displaying an execution screen of an application according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 shows a method of displaying an execution screen of an application according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 shows a user input for displaying a quick-panel in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
5 shows a configuration of a quick-panel according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 6 shows a guideline according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 shows a guide line and a guide area according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 8 illustrates various types of run screens according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Various embodiments of the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes various modifications, equivalents, and / or alternatives of the embodiments of the invention. In connection with the description of the drawings, like reference numerals may be used for similar components.

In this document, the expressions "have," "may," "include," or "include" may be used to denote the presence of a feature (eg, a numerical value, a function, Quot ;, and does not exclude the presence of additional features.

In this document, the expressions "A or B," "at least one of A and / or B," or "one or more of A and / or B," etc. may include all possible combinations of the listed items . For example, "A or B," "at least one of A and B," or "at least one of A or B" includes (1) at least one A, (2) Or (3) at least one A and at least one B all together.

Expressions such as " first, "second," first, "or" second, " as used in various embodiments, Not limited. For example, the first user equipment and the second user equipment may represent different user equipment, regardless of order or importance. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be named as the first component.

(Or functionally or communicatively) coupled with / to "another component (eg, a second component), or a component (eg, a second component) Quot; connected to ", it is to be understood that any such element may be directly connected to the other element or may be connected through another element (e.g., a third element). On the other hand, when it is mentioned that a component (e.g., a first component) is "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component (e.g., a second component) It can be understood that there is no other component (e.g., a third component) between other components.

As used herein, the phrase " configured to " (or set) to be "adapted to, " To be designed to, "" adapted to, "" made to, "or" capable of ". The term " configured (or set) to "may not necessarily mean " specifically designed to" Instead, in some situations, the expression "configured to" may mean that the device can "do " with other devices or components. For example, a processor configured (or configured) to perform the phrases "A, B, and C" may be a processor dedicated to performing the operation (e.g., an embedded processor), or one or more software programs For example, a generic-purpose processor (e.g., a CPU or an application processor) capable of performing the corresponding operations.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to limit the scope of the other embodiments. The singular expressions may include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. All terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, may have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Commonly used predefined terms may be interpreted to have the same or similar meaning as the contextual meanings of the related art and are not to be construed as ideal or overly formal in meaning unless expressly defined in this document . In some cases, the terms defined in this document can not be construed to exclude embodiments of the present invention.

1 shows a configuration of an electronic device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the block diagram shown in FIG. 1 (a), an electronic device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include at least an input module 101, a display 103, a processor 105, and a memory 107. The electronic device 100 may be, for example, a smart phone, as shown in Fig. 1 (b). As shown in FIG. 1 (b), the input module 101 may be implemented as a touch panel, and may be combined with the display 103 to be mounted on a smartphone. The processor 105 and the memory 107 may be mounted on a circuit board in the case of the smartphone.

The input module 101 may be, for example, a touch panel. The touch panel can use at least one of an electrostatic type, a pressure sensitive type, an infrared type, and an ultrasonic type. According to some embodiments, the input module 101 may include a mouse or a keyboard and a corresponding interface (e.g., a USB terminal, a Bluetooth module).

The input module 101 can obtain various inputs (e.g., touch, click, etc.) from the user. For example, the input module 101 may obtain a user input for an object of an application (program). The user input may include a touchdown, a touch hold, a touch move, and a touch release. The object of the application may include, for example, a push notification informing of an event occurred to the application or an icon of the application. Objects of the application can be displayed in various panels or status display areas described later.

The touchdown may be an operation by the user to select an object displayed on the display 103. [ At least one object may be included in a predetermined screen area (e.g., a panel, a quick-panel, etc.), and a user may touch down one of the at least one object.

If the input module 101 is a touch panel, the touchdown may be an operation that the user gently touches (touches) the object displayed on the display 103 using a finger (or a digital pen (e.g., a stylus) . According to some embodiments that do not use a touch panel, the touchdown may refer to a state in which an object displayed on the display 103 is being clicked by a mouse (an operation of depressing and releasing a button of a mouse).

The touch hold may be a user input performed by the user not moving the finger (or digital pen) that pressed the object. Accordingly, the object selected by the touchdown is not moved, and the position of the selected object can be maintained. In the case where the input module 101 is a touch panel, for example, the touch hold may be an operation of maintaining a selected state of an object selected by a user as a touchdown. According to the above-described embodiment in which the touch panel is not used, the touch hold may mean an operation of keeping the selected state of the object selected by clicking without moving.

The touch move may be an operation of moving the object selected by the touchdown. According to an embodiment, the touch move may be continuous or intermittent with the touch hold. When the input module 101 is a touch panel, the touch move may be an operation of moving an object selected by the user to touch down to another position on the display 103 while pressing the object. According to the above embodiment in which the touch panel is not used, the touch move may mean an operation of dragging the object selected by clicking.

The touch release may be an operation to stop a user operation (e.g., touch, click) on the object at the end position of the touch move. If the input module 101 is a touch panel, the touch release may be an operation of releasing the user's finger (or digital pen) from the display 103 (i.e., stopping the touch) at the end position of movement by the touch move. Meanwhile, according to the above embodiment in which the touch panel is not used, the touch release may mean an operation of dropping an object selected by a click (an operation of releasing a button of a pressed mouse).

In addition, the input module 101 may obtain user input for displaying a panel, for example. When a user input for displaying the panel through the input module 101 is obtained, the display 103 can display the panel in response to the user input.

A panel may refer to a screen area that can include (display) one or more objects of an application. For example, the panel may include a Quick panel or an application drawer panel (also referred to as a 'quick-launcher'). The quick-panel or application drawer panel may be displayed as a new layer on the background image (wallpaper) or the running application screen.

The quick-panel means a screen area including an icon for displaying or controlling the operation status of various modules included in the electronic device 100, an object (e.g., notification, icon), date / time, (E.g., screen 500 of FIG. 5). The user input for displaying the quick-panel may be, for example, an operation of touching 410 the status display area 401 shown in FIG. 4 and then sweeping 420 downward. The user input for displaying the quick-panel is not limited to the operation of touching 410 and then swiping down 420, and may be an operation of swiping up or left and right after touch 410. [

In addition, the application drawer panel may be a panel that collects at least one application icon set by the user and may be displayed on the display 103 by, for example, swiping inward from the display outside the bezel surrounding the display 103 have.

Display 103 may display various content (e.g., text, images, video, icons, symbols, etc.) to the user. For example, display 103 may include a status display area (e.g., 401 in FIG. 4), a quick-panel (e.g., screen 500 in FIG. 5), a guideline (e.g., 630 in FIG. 6), a guide area 710, 720, 730, and 740) of the application and execution screens (e.g., 801, 803, 805, and 807 of FIG. 8) of various applications.

Display 103 may be implemented as a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode (LED) display, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, or a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) display, or an electronic paper display have. Display 103 may be coupled with input device 101 to obtain various inputs from a user.

Processor 105 may control an operating system or an application to control hardware (e.g., input module 101, display 103, memory 107) or software (e.g., operating system, application) coupled to processor 105 and perform various data processing and computations can do. The processor 105 may be implemented with, for example, a system on chip (SoC). According to one embodiment, the processor 105 may include one or more of a central processing unit (CPU), an application processor (AP), or a communication processor (CP), a graphics processing unit (GPU) .

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processor 105 can determine the type of execution screen of the application based on the position where the touch is released. Further, the processor 105 can control the display 103 to display the execution screen of the application in accordance with the determined type.

The processor 105 can determine the type of execution screen of the application according to the position where the user is touched and released by the user input tool (e.g., finger, digital pen, etc. mentioned above). For example, if the position where the touch is released is an edge area (hereinafter referred to as a first area), a center area (hereinafter referred to as a second area), or an area between the edge area and the center area Area), the type of execution screen can be determined differently.

For example, referring to FIG. 6, region 601 may represent a first region, and region 603 may represent a second region. The third area may represent a combined area of the area 605 and the area 607. In this case, the region 605 is an upper side region of the third region, and the region 607 is a lower side region of the third region.

If the position to be released by touch is included in the first area, the type of the execution screen can be determined as the full screen (screen 801 in FIG. 8). If the position to be released by touch is included in the second area, (the screen 803 in FIG. 8). If the touch-released position is included in the third area, the type of the execution screen is divided into a split screen (screen 805 or 807 in FIG. 8) ).

Further, according to some embodiments, when a user input that touches down through the input module 101 is obtained, the processor 105 can control the display 103 to display a guideline. At this time, the guideline may refer to a line that divides a region to be a reference for determining the type of the application execution screen (e.g., 630 in FIG. 6). The guideline is displayed on the display 103 only when the touchdown and the touch move are performed, and may disappear when the touch release is performed.

In addition, according to an embodiment, when a user input to perform a touch move through the input module 101 is obtained, the processor 105 can control the display 103 to display the guide area along with the touch move. The guide area may mean an area in which an application execution screen is to be displayed on the actual display 103. For example, the guide area may indicate an area to be displayed on the display 103 when the user-input tool is touch-released at the position, based on the position of the current user input tool.

In this case, the guide area may have the same size and position as the area of the execution screen of the application to be actually displayed. The guide area may be simply displayed as a shaded area, or may include an image that captures an execution screen of an application. The captured image may be an opaque or translucent image. The guide area is displayed on the display 103 only when the touchdown and the touch move are performed as in the guideline, and may disappear when the touch release is performed.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, the guide area may be displayed simultaneously with the guide line.

The memory 107 can store an application, an operating system, and other data. In addition, the memory 107 may store a computer program that defines each operation of the components included in the electronic device 100 (e.g., each operation in Fig. 3).

Memory 107 may include volatile and / or non-volatile memory. Internal memory or external memory. The internal memory may be, for example, a volatile memory (e.g., DRAM, SRAM, or SDRAM), and a non-volatile memory (e.g., OTPROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, flash memory, a flash memory, a hard drive, or a solid state drive (SSD). The external memory may be a flash drive, for example, a compact flash (CF) SD, Mini-SD, xD (extreme digital), MMC (MultiMediaCard), or memory stick.

In the above description, the electronic device 100 is a smartphone, but the present invention is not limited to the smartphone. For example, the electronic device 100 may be a tablet PC, a mobile phone, a videophone, an e-book reader, a desktop PC, a laptop PC, a netbook computer, a workstation, a server, a personal digital assistant (PDA) , A portable multimedia player (PMP), an MP3 player, a mobile medical device, a camera or a wearable device such as smart glasses, head-mounted-device (HMD) An electronic necklace, an electronic app apparel, an electronic tattoo, a smart mirror, or a smart watch). As the input module 101, an embodiment using a mouse may be applied to a desktop PC, a laptop PC, a netbook computer, a workstation, a server, and the like that do not have a touch panel.

The configuration of the electronic device according to the embodiment of the present invention is as described above. A method of displaying an execution screen of an application according to various embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 8. FIG.

2 shows a method of displaying an execution screen of an application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, at operation 201, input module 101 may obtain a user input that touches down an object of an application. In operation 203, the input module 101 may obtain a user input touching or touching the touch-down object. In operation 205, the input module 101 may obtain a user input that touch-releases the touch-hold or touch-moved object. In operation 207, the processor 105 may determine the type of the application execution screen based on the position where the touch is released. In operation 209, the processor 105 may control the display 103 to display an execution screen according to the type determined in operation 207. [

3 shows a method of displaying an execution screen of an application according to another embodiment of the present invention.

In operation 301, the input module 101 may obtain a user input for displaying the quick-panel.

For example, referring to the screen 400 of FIG. 4, the user input for displaying the quick-panel may include touching the status display area 401 and then swiping down. Reference numerals 410 and 420 denote operations in which the user input tool touches and moves from the reference numeral 410 to the reference numeral 420. The user input for displaying the quick-panel is not limited to this. The user input for displaying the quick-panel may be configured to simply swipe downward on the screen 400 regardless of the position of the touch start point.

In operation 303, the display 103 may display the quick-panel based on the user input obtained in operation 301. The quick-panel may include an object of at least one application (e.g., a notification or an icon associated with the application).

For example, referring to FIG. 5, a quick-panel 500 may include components (e.g., a Wi-Fi communication module, a transverse-to-vertical conversion module, a Wi-Fi hotspot Toggle icons 511 to 515 for controlling a vibration notification module, a GPS module), an object 516 for adjusting the brightness of the display 103, icons 521 to 523 of applications (a calculator application, a memo application, a DMB watching application, 525, and an object 531 related to notification of an application.

In operation 305, the input module 101 may obtain a user input that touches down any one of the at least one application included in the quick-panel 500.

For example, referring to FIG. 5, the input module 101 may obtain a user input that touches down an object 531 related to a notification among various objects included in the quick-panel 500.

4 and 5, in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention for the application drawer panel, the application drawer panel is swiped from the left or right side bezel toward the center of the display 103, ≪ / RTI >

)가 함께 표시될 수 있고, 이 경우, 사용자는 상기 알림 내용을 보기 위해 해당 어플리케이션 아이콘에 대한 터치 다운을 수행할 수 있다. 상기 터치 다운 동작을 통해 프로세서 105는, 동작 307 이하를 수행할 수 있다.At this time, the input module 101 may receive a touchdown on any one of at least one application object included in the application drawer panel. When there is a notification for a specific application, the application icon includes a badge (e.g.,

) May be displayed together. In this case, the user can perform a touchdown on the application icon to view the notification contents. Through the touchdown operation, the processor 105 may perform operations 307 and below.

Referring again to FIG. 3, at operation 307, the processor 105 may control the display 103 to display the guideline and guide area. The guideline may refer to a line that defines an area for determining the type of application execution screen.

For example, referring to FIG. 6, the guide line 630 may divide the screen 600 into a first area 601, a second area 603, an upper area 605 of the third area, and a lower area 607 of the third area. The first area 601 may refer to an edge area of the screen 600 and the second area may refer to a center area 603 of the screen 600. The third area may be an area between the edge area 601 and the center area 603 of the screen 600. The third area may be divided into an upper area 605 and a lower area 607 based on a center line parallel to the width direction of the screen 600. On the other hand, in the case of the so-called horizontal mode in which the longitudinal direction of the display 103 is set in the horizontal direction (when the electronic device shown in FIG. 6 is rotated to the right or left by about 90 degrees), the third region is divided into the right and left regions .

Also, as described above, the guideline is displayed on the display 103 only when the touchdown 621, the touch hold (not shown) and the touch move 622 are performed, and can disappear at the same time the touch release is performed. In other words, the guideline 630 may be displayed while operations 305 through 309 are performed.

In operation 309, the processor 105 may control the display 103 so that the guide area is displayed along with the touch movement obtained from the input module 101. [ The guide area may have the same size and position as the area of the execution screen of the application to be actually displayed.

For example, referring to the screen 700a of FIG. 7, when the position of the user input tool 721 located on another area by the touch move is located within the first area 701, the actual display by the touch release of the user input tool 721 A guide area 710 (hatched area) having the same size (full screen) and position as the screen of the application to be displayed can be displayed.

Referring to the screen 700c, if the position of the touch 725 is within the upper area 705 of the third area by the touch move, the guide area 730 having the same size (upper divided screen) and position as the screen of the application to be actually displayed Can be displayed. Referring to the screen 700d, if the position of the touch 727 is present in the upper area 707 of the third area by the touch move, the guide area 740 having the same size (downward split screen) and position as the screen of the application to be actually displayed Can be displayed.

The guide areas 710, 720, 730, and 740 may be displayed as simply shaded areas. Alternatively, the guide areas 710, 720, 730, and 740 may include an image capturing an execution screen of an application to be actually displayed. The captured image may be an opaque or translucent image.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the guide region may be divided into an upper region and a lower region only in an area other than an application dock on the display.

In operation 311, the input module 101 may obtain a user input for touch release from the user.

At operation 313, the processor 105 may determine the location to be touched at operation 311. When the touch-released position is included in the first area (e.g., the area 701 in Fig. 7), the operation proceeds to operation 315, and when the position is included in the second area (e.g., area 703 in Fig. 7) 3 area (e.g., areas 705 and 705 of FIG. 7).

At the operation 315, the processor 105 can determine the type of the application execution screen as a full screen because the touch-released position is included in the first area.

In operation 317, the processor 105 can determine the type of the application execution screen to be a pop-up screen because the touch-released position is included in the second area.

In step 319, the processor 105 may determine the type of the application execution screen to be a split screen if the touch release position is included in the third area, and if the position to be touch- It is possible to further judge whether the region is a region or a downward region. On the other hand, in the case of the landscape mode in which the longitudinal direction of the display 103 is set to the horizontal direction, the third region can be divided into the right and left regions.

In the operation 321, the processor 105 can determine the type of the application execution screen as the upward split screen (or the right split screen) because the touch-released position is the upper area of the third area.

In the operation 323, the processor 105 can determine the type of the application execution screen to be the down split screen (or the left split screen) since the touch-released position is the down area of the third area.

At operation 325, the display 103 may display an execution screen according to the type determined in any one of operations 315, 317, 321, and 323. The displayed execution screen may have a size and position corresponding to the guide areas displayed in operations 307 and 309. [

For example, referring to FIG. 8, an execution screen according to various types is displayed on the display 103. If the type of the application execution screen is determined as the full screen in operation 315, the application execution screen 801 can be displayed in the full screen as shown in the screen 800a in operation 325.

On the other hand, if the type of the application execution screen is determined to be the pop-up screen in operation 317, the application execution screen 803 can be displayed on the pop-up screen in the operation 325 as shown in the screen 800b. In the area 804 of the screen 800b, a background screen is shown as being displayed, but an execution screen of another application may be displayed. Also, the execution screen 803 displayed in the pop-up screen is disposed in the center of the screen 800b, but is not fixed. The execution screen 803 may be disposed at different positions depending on the position where the touch is released in operation 311.

If the type of the application execution screen is determined to be the upper division screen in operation 321, the application execution screen 805 can be displayed as the upper division screen on the screen 800c in the operation 325. [ In the area 806 of the screen 800c, a background screen is displayed, but an execution screen of another application may be displayed.

Conversely, when the type of the application execution screen is determined to be the down-split screen in operation 323, in the operation 325, the application execution screen 807 can be displayed as the upward split screen on the screen 800d. Similarly, although the background screen is displayed in the area 808 of the screen 800d, an execution screen of another application may be displayed.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to conveniently use another application without interfering with the use of the currently running application in the multitasking environment. In addition, when another application is executed, the type of the execution screen can be easily determined according to a user input (for example, a touch release or a drop operation). This makes it possible to effectively utilize the large-screen display 103 of the electronic device 100, and more intuitively to determine the type of execution screen that matches the user's intention.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, an object (e.g., an icon 411 in Fig. 4) of an application displayed in a status display area (e.g., 401 in Fig. 4) A touchdown operation may be obtained. Alternatively, instead of the operations 301 to 305, an operation of touching down the status display area (for example, 401 in FIG. 4) itself in which an application notification is displayed may be performed.

If an object included in the status display area or the status display area is selected instead of the operation 301 to the operation 305, the operation of creating a quick-panel can be omitted, and a simpler user experience can be provided.

As used in this document, the term "module" may refer to a unit comprising, for example, one or a combination of two or more of hardware, software or firmware. A "module" may be interchangeably used with terms such as, for example, unit, logic, logical block, component, or circuit. A "module" may be a minimum unit or a portion of an integrally constructed component. A "module" may be a minimum unit or a portion thereof that performs one or more functions. "Modules" may be implemented either mechanically or electronically. For example, a "module" may be an ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) chip, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) or programmable-logic devices And may include at least one.

At least a portion of a device (e.g., modules or functions thereof) or a method (e.g., operations) according to various embodiments may include, for example, computer-readable storage media in the form of program modules, As shown in FIG. When the instruction is executed by a processor (e.g., processor 120), the one or more processors may perform a function corresponding to the instruction. The computer readable storage medium may be, for example, a memory 130.

The computer-readable recording medium may be a hard disk, a floppy disk, magnetic media (e.g., magnetic tape), optical media (e.g., CD-ROM, DVD, magneto- optical media (e.g., a floppy disk), a hardware device (e.g., ROM, RAM, or flash memory), etc. The program instructions may also include machine code As well as high-level language code that may be executed by a computer using an interpreter, etc. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of various embodiments, and vice versa .

Modules or program modules according to various embodiments may include at least one or more of the elements described above, some of which may be omitted, or may further include additional other elements. Operations performed by modules, program modules, or other components in accordance with various embodiments may be performed in a sequential, parallel, iterative, or heuristic manner. Also, some operations may be performed in a different order, omitted, or other operations may be added.

And the embodiments disclosed in this document are provided for the explanation and understanding of the disclosed technical contents, and do not limit the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the scope of this document should be interpreted to include all modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention or various other embodiments.

Claims (20)

A method of displaying an execution screen of an application in an electronic device having a display,
Obtaining a user input to touch down an object of the application;
Acquiring a user input for touch-holding or touch-moving the object;
Obtaining a user input that touch releases the object;
Determining a type of an execution screen of the application based on the position where the touch is released; And
And displaying an execution screen according to the determined type on the display. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the object is a notification associated with the application. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the object is an icon associated with the application. The method according to claim 1,
Obtaining a user input for displaying a panel containing at least one object; And
Further comprising displaying the panel on the display,
Wherein the touchdown user input is a user input that touches down any one of the at least one object included in the panel. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein an object of the application is included in a status display area of the electronic device. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the determining operation includes determining the type of the execution screen as a full screen when the touch-released position is included in the first area,
Wherein the first area is an edge area on the display. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the determining comprises determining the type of the execution screen as a pop-up screen if the touch-released position is included in the second area,
Wherein the second region is a central region on the display. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the displaying operation is an operation of displaying the pop-up screen at a position where the touch is released. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the determining operation includes determining a type of the execution screen as a split screen when the position to be touched is included in the third area,
Wherein the third region is an area between an edge region and a center region on the display. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the determining comprises determining the type of the execution screen as an upward split screen if the touch-released position is included in an upper side region of the third region. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the determining comprises determining the type of the execution screen as a downward split screen if the touch-released position is included in a lower side region of the third region. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising displaying a guide line when the touchdown user input is obtained,
Wherein the guide line distinguishes an area for determining the type of the execution screen. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising displaying a guide area along the touch move,
Wherein the guide area indicates an area where the execution screen is to be displayed. 14. The method of claim 13,
Wherein the guide area comprises an image that is opaque or translucent to the run screen to be displayed. A display for displaying an execution screen of the application;
An input module for acquiring a user input for touchdown, touch hold, touch move, or touch release of an object of the application;
Determining a type of an execution screen of the application based on the position where the touch is released, and controlling the display to display an execution screen according to the determined type. 16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the object is one of a notification or an icon associated with the application. 16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein when the input module obtains a user input for displaying a panel including at least one object, the display displays the panel,
Wherein the input module obtains a user input that touches down any one of the at least one object contained in the panel. 16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the processor determines the type of the execution screen as a full screen when the touch-released position is included in the first area,
Wherein the first area is an edge area on the display. 16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the processor determines the type of the execution screen as a pop-up screen when the position to be released is included in the second area,
And the second region is a central region on the display. 16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the processor determines the type of the execution screen as a split screen when the position to be touched is included in the third area,
Wherein the third region is an area between an edge region and a center region on the display.

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